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JOSIAH HARRINGTON, OF BERKSWELL LODGE, 66 WATER LANE, BRIXTON,

COUNTY OF SURREY, ENGLAND.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,408, dated April 8, 1884.

Application filed March 28, 1882. (No model.) Patented in England June 22, 1881, No. 2,729.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH HARRINGTON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Berkswell Lodge, No. 66 Water Lane, in the county of Surrey, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons and Fasteners, for which Ihave obtained Letters Patent of the Kingdom of Great Britaim and Ireland, No. 2,729, dated June 22,

,10 1881, of which the following is a specification.

. Although my invention is particularly applioable to buttons and studs, it may be embodied with advantage in fasteners for purses, pocketbooks, and other articles.

The invention relates to that class of buttons, studs, or fasteners which are composed of a head or plate, a post, and a shoe formed of a foot-piece projecting rigidly from the post on one side thereof, and a second foot-piece pivoted to the end of the post in such manner that it may be swung so as to project from the post in the same direction as the rigid footpiece, to enable it to be inserted through a buttonhole or other opening, or so as to pro- 2 5 ject in the opposite direction to retain the button or fastener in place.

The invention consists in novel details of construction, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an inverted plan of my improved button or fastener, with the parts adjusted for inserting it into a button-hole or other opening. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 is aview simi- 5 lar to Fig. 1, showing the parts in the position which they occupy after the button has been inserted and secured. Fig. 4 is a side view corresponding to Fig. 3. Fig. 4* is a detail view of a part of the button or fastener on a larger scale. Fig. 5 is a view of a purse or pocket-book with my fastener applied, showing the same'open; and Fig. 6 is view of the purse or pocket-book, showing the flap closed' employed as a cuff button or stud. The footpiece a consists of a U-shaped piece or bow, which is rigidly attached to or formed with the outer end of the post or stem (4*, and projects from one side of said post at a right angle thereto. Instead of the foot-piece a being a U-shaped bow, it may consist of a plate of the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The footpiece a in all cases consists of a U-shaped bow, which embraces the outer end of the post, and is pivoted thereto, or to the foot-piece a, at its junction with the post. The foot-piece a. is made larger internally in all directions than the exterior of the foot-piece c; or, in other words is of larger diameter than the foot-piece 6 5 a. The'foot-piece a can then be swung over to embrace the foot-piece a. in the same plane therewith, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; or it can be swung into the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so as to project from the post in the opposite direction to the foot-piece a. When swung into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the foot-pieces a a may be readily inserted through a button-hole or opening in a cuff or other article, and when the foot-piece a, is '7 5 swung into the position shown in Figs. 3 and and 4, the button or fastener is held securely in the button-hole or opening and its withdrawalis prevented. The foot-piece or springbow at is elastic, its arms being adapted to yield in the direction of its width, and is pro vided with projections a which are adapted to engage with corresponding recesses in the post. Vhen the foot-piece a is in either of the two positions shownthat is, either in an open or closed position-its lugs or projections a engage with the recesses in the post; but when swung from such positions the bowshaped foot-piece it spreads or springs open, and the projections ride over the side of the 0 post until they enter the other recesses. The elasticity of the bow-shaped foot-piece a, therefore, resists the swinging of the latter and serves to retain it in either position to which it is adjusted.

The arrangement of the projections a and the recesses which they enter is shown in Fig. 4*, but might be reversed, if desired, the proj ection a, being on the post and the recesses in the inner sides of the foot-piece a.

In applying the fastener to apurse or pocketbook, B, the head or plate A is concealed under the leather or covering, while the post projects through a hole therein.

The flap B of the pocket-book is provided with an opening, I), and when the bow-shaped foot-piece a is adjusted into the position shown in Fig. 5, the opening 6 may be slipped over the foot-pieces a a onto the post, and by swing 1o ing the foot-piece a into the position shown in Fig. 6 the flap B is securely fastened.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A button having a post, a*, and the foot- 15 piece a, rigidly connected to the outer end,

and projecting from one side of said post at a right angle thereto, and provided with recesses, in combination with the spring-bow or footpiece at, having the lugs (t the foot-piece a being of larger diameter and adapted to em brace the foot-piece a in the same plane therewith, and to be retained either in an open or closed position by the elasticity of its arms and the lugs and recesses, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

London, 21st December, 1881.

J. HARRINGTON. Witnesses:

J. G. TONGUE,

34 Southampton Buildings, London. J. WATT,

17 Gracechurch Street, London. 

